Kyle Henry Hebert ( ) is an American voice actor and DJ who works for

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and

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series, such as the teenage/adult

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and the narrator in the

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dub of the ''

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series'',

Sōsuke Aizen is a fictional character from the manga series ''Bleach'' created by Tite Kubo and the main villain of the first half of the series (and the most significant one for the entirety of the anime adaptation). He is the captain of the Fifth Division o ...

in '' Bleach'', Ryu in the ''

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'' video game series, Kiba Inuzuka in ''

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'',

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in ''

Gurren Lagann ''Gurren Lagann'', known in Japan as , is a Japanese mecha anime, mecha anime television series animated by Gainax and co-produced by Aniplex and Konami. It ran for 27 episodes on TV Tokyo between April and September 2007. It was directe ...

'', Ryuji Suguro in ''

Blue Exorcist is a Japanese dark fantasy manga series written and illustrated by Kazue Kato. The story revolves around Rin Okumura, a teenager who discovers he and his twin brother Yukio are the sons of Satan, born from a human woman, and he is the i ...

'', Noriaki Kakyoin in '' JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders'', Dribble and Dr. Crygor in ''

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'', and Big the Cat in '' Sonic the Hedgehog''.

Career

Hebert got his start in voice-over during the mid-1990s as a

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for Radio Disney, under the

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Squeege. This lasted until September 2005, when he moved from

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, to get bigger interests in the world of voice acting. He had cameo roles in various anime dubs such as ''

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'', ''

Fruits Basket , sometimes abbreviated , is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Natsuki Takaya. It was serialized in the semi-monthly Japanese manga magazine , published by Hakusensha, from 1998 to 2006. The series' title comes from ...

'', and ''

One Piece ''One Piece'' (stylized in all caps) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Eiichiro Oda. It has been serialized in Shueisha's ''shōnen'' manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' since July 1997, with its individual chapte ...

'' with recurring roles including ''

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'', Kiba Inuzuka on ''

'',

and

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in '' Bleach'',

in ''

'',

in the ''

'' series, Ryu in the ''

'' series, and Big the Cat in the '' Sonic the Hedgehog'' series in 2010. In 2009 and 2011, he voiced "The Sniper" in the animated spoof of ''

Dirty Harry ''Dirty Harry'' is a 1971 American neo-noir action thriller film produced and directed by Don Siegel, the first in the ''Dirty Harry'' series. Clint Eastwood plays the title role, in his first outing as San Francisco Police Department (SFP ...

'' films entitled Magnum Farce and is set to reprise the expanded role of Blivit, The Sniper and that of Governor Arnold Schwartzenherzen-Geldengrubber in the feature film currently in production. At

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2009, Kyle won Best English Voice Actor in the SPJA Awards for his role as Kamina in ''Gurren Lagann''. He is also a podcaster, co-founding and hosting the weekly ''BigBaldBroadcast'' with his long-time friend, known only as "Otherworld" Steve.

Personal life

On July 10, 2015, Hebert proposed to Christina Louise, an author whom goes by the pen name Ryter Rong. They married on February 14, 2018. He has a daughter, Kayla Marie Hebert, who was born in 1996. Hebert revealed his autism diagnosis on Twitter in 2017. Hebert is originally from Lake Charles, Louisiana approximately 2 hours from Houston, Texas.

Filmography

Anime

Live action series dubbing

Animation

Film

Video games

Film

References

External links

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